No sooner the elections were declared the noises against the RP-2021 and mining
have ceased almost instantly. The English daily which promised to run a
campaign against the RP-2021 seems to have ignored the issue totally. Some
village groups are busy with the process of fielding candidates for the
elections. Some other NGOs that issued press statements, probably to keep in
the race with the emerging village groups, have also silenced their guns.
Almost overnight Goa's much hyped issues of mining and RP-2021 have vanished
from the news. Does the Election Code ofConduct also apply to these civil
society groups? We hear that the script for raising the pitch on the
anti-corruption issue is now being chalked out by anti-Congress forces. Was it
that the masses did not bite the bait of RP-2021 and mining issues as intended
by politicians, now that they have to fall back on reviving the anti-corruption
hysteria?
I come to my earlier questions: Are Goans really serious about protecting their
State? Who and what decides the priority of issues in Goa?
-Soter
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